Santa Rosa Island Fire initially started 4:19 p.m. May 15 on South side of Santa Rosa Island, Between Ford Point and South Point in Santa Barbara County, California. It has burned 18,379 acres after ...

A blaze burning on Santa Rosa Island is by far the largest in at least 40 years. Here's the other fires reported on the ...

Investigators are looking into whether an SOS flare from a shipwrecked mariner started the Santa Rosa Island Fire off California's coast.

National Park Service officials say that the blaze is a "full-suppression human-caused wildfire," which has burned more than ...

The island is home to the Torrey pine, 'the rarest native pine the United States,' according to the National Park Service.

A new video obtained by SFGATE shows the potential cause of a major wildfire that has burned nearly a third of the ...

An aerial assessment confirms that the historic South Point Light Station and much of the rare Torrey pine grove have ...

Top Stories from May 26, 2026 SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — Lightning from Memorial Day storms is believed to be ...

Santa Rosa Island’s grove of rare Torrey pines appears to have been mostly spared from the massive wildfire tearing through ...

The U.S. Coast Guard says that the human-caused fire was possibly started by flares from a stranded boater, who was rescued ...

Investigators are looking into whether an SOS flare from a shipwrecked mariner started the Santa Rosa Island Fire off ...

The 'human-caused' blaze has challenged firefighting efforts. It comes as parts of the state are under red flag warnings.